Metallic cross-tie and rail-fastener.



No. 882,789. PATLNTLD JULY '7, 1908.

8. WILLIAMS. l METALLIC 88088 III: AND RAIL PASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED 11113.27, 1908.

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GEORGE WILLIAM-S, yOF SHIRLEY, INDIANA.

METALLIC CROSS-TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 7, 190s.

Application filed February 27, 1908. Serial No. 418,144.

To all whom itmcy concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shirley, in the .county of Hancock and State of track rails.

specification, reference indiana, have invented certain new and useful 'improvements in Metallic Cross-Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to iin rovements in metallic railway cross ties an rail fastening devices therefor ;v and it consists of the novel features of construction and the combinat-ion and arrangement of .arts hereinafter fully described and claimed? The object ofthe invention is to improve and simp ifythe construction ol' devices of this character and to allow of the `ready a .ilication and removal of the rails, which willl (loaden the noise and lessen the vibration, and which `will dis ense with the necessity of lish-plates am rail clamping bolts at the meeting ends or joints oi rails. I

The above and4 other objects of the inven` tion are attained in its preferred e1nbodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of .my improved metallic cross tie and rail fastening device; Fig. '2 is a vertical longitudinal scction; Fig. 3 is a detail perspective of one of the rail engaging plates; and liig. ll is a side elevation ot a slightly modified form ol` the invention.

ln the drawings l denotes the metallic body of the cross tie which may be cast either solid or hollow and which has in its top a longitudinally extending recess 2 to receive the track -rails R and clamping plates 3,'4, 5. rihe end walls ol' the recess 2 are undercut to provide ovcrlmnging projections tl shaped to engage the outside faces of the At suitable. points in the intermediate portion oll the body l are lormed vertical openings 7 for the reception ot' bolts or similar tastenings S, 9 which secure the plates 3, 4, and 5, respectively, in position,

more clearly shown in Fig. 2. The clamping. plates 3, 4, which l will term rail engaging plates, have their outer ends undercut to provide projecting portions 10 to engagethe inner lie-ces of the track rails ll; and the in-r rner ends l'l of said plates' 3, 4 are beveled downwardly andv inwardly to oppose the oppositcly'beveled ends12 ot the central plate provide one which will' 5, The latter serves to lock the rail engage ing (plates 3, 4 in )osition since the down- War ly and inward y beveled ends 12 of said locking plate overlie the beveled ends 11 of the plates 3, 4. On'e or more set screws 13 are arranged angularly, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, at the ends ot' the central or locking plate 5 and are adapted to impingc' against the beveled ends 11 of the rail engaging plates. The bolts 8 which retain the plates 3, 4 upon the tie are passed upwardly through the `enings 7 and through elongated openings or slots 14 formed in the plates 3, al, the slots permitting' ol'v longitudinal adjustment of said plates. The bolts 9 which secure the central )late in position are passed upwardly through the openings 7 in the tic and through registering openings 15 in said plate, clamping nuts being upon the projecting u )per screw threaded ends of both sots of bolts 8, 9. ln order to cushion the track rails and lessen the noise and vibration due to trains passing over th'e same, l preferably cushioning blocks 16 ol wood or the like; and l also provide cushioning strips 1.7 of

rubber or any other suitable material upon.-

the inner faces of the rail engaging ends or portions 6, 7 of the tie body 3, 4. The cushioning blocks ably set in recesses or depressions 1S formed in the bottom of the recess 2 and beneath the over-hanging walls or portions 6 at the ends ol said recess 2, as clearly illustrated.

From the foregoing it will be seen that my improved metallic tie is strong, durable and comjniratively inexpensive; and the use of the cushioning devices renders it an efficient substitute `lor a woodenv ti`e. ing the clamping lates as set forth so that they can be rcadi y a plied, adjusted, and removed, the track rails may be quickly and easily aiplied and removed and when applied will be effectively held so that there will be no danger oi the rails spreading or lifthw. By making the ties comparatively broad, and lacing one oi' them beneath the meeting ends of two track rails, as shown in Fig. Q, it will be seen that said meeting ends of the rail will be held in perfect alinement and there will be no need of fish-plates, bolts, or other joint fastening devices.

In Fig. 4 0i the drawings l have shown a slightly modified form ol my invention, in which the projections 6, which engage the outer faces ol` the track rails. are 'lorined provided T provide-beneath said rails and the plates 1 6 are prefer!` By construct- 5' upon seperate clamping pla-tes 18 which are secured in position upon tbe tiet top of the tie body l@ by tvvo or more bolts 19. Villien tbe clamping plates 18 are employed, the tie body l may be ine-de of rolled steel or of concrete or eny othei'suiteble materiel.

Having thus described my invention vv" et l claim is:

l. A cross tie and rail'lestencr, comprising e body, overhzingin'g projeetions et the ends thereof to engage the outer feces of the track rails, rail engaging plates having elongated openings, a locking plete arranged be tween the rail engaging lates and having its ends overhenging the letter, set screws in seid overhengin ends of the locking plete-end adapted to nnpinge against 'the rail engaging plates, inea-ns for securing the looking plete upon the body end clamping ineens arranged in the tio body and passing through the elongated openings vin the rail enga-ging plates. l

A cross tie and rail fastener, comprising e body, ove-rlienging projections et tile ends thereof to engage the outer feces ot' the track mils, rail engaging pistes having elongated 'openings' end downwardly and inwardly beveled inner ends, s central locking plete having downwardly end inwardly beveled ends to overlie elle beveled ends of tlie i'eil engaging plates, set screws in the ends of tbe locking plete to irnpnge against the beveled ends of the reil engaging plates, bolts uniting tbe locking plete to the body and bolts uniting tbe rail engaging plates to the body, the lestv mentioned bolts passing through tbe elongated openings in seid rail engaging plates.

3. A oross tie and rail fastener, comprising e body, overliensfing projections et ltlie ends thereof to engage the outer leeres of the treol reils, rail engaging let/es having elongated openings and beve ed ends, bolts passed tbrougli 'the body and seid openings, cnslb ioning strips upon the inner feees of seid over mnging reil engaging projections and the outer ends of the reil engaging pletes, cushioning blocks set in the body beneath seid cushioning strips, e centrally disposed lookin@r nlete lievinff beveled outer ends to D L+ l 1 C e overlie trie beveled ends oi tbe rail engaging plates, set screws in seid beveled ends ol1 the locking plate end adapted to irnpinge egeinst the beveled ends oi" the reil engaging plates, and bolts passed through the body end locking `platte.

in testimony whereof l hereunto my signature in tile presence of tivo 'i'tnesses Y EGRGE lllQL-AMS.

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